Town file
Tillamook, Oregon
Tillamook, Oregon (Tillamook County, Oregon) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 318, "A Fantasy Of Violence" (15 September 2022).
- Town
- Tillamook
- County
- Tillamook County
- State
- Oregon
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 318
- Approximate location
- 45.456, -123.833
Episode 318 / 15 September 2022 / 179 min / full
A Fantasy Of Violence
"We're going to Tillamook, Oregon; Tillamook County, this is" about 0:04:51
The case: Murder of the Morris family (December 2002). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- 5,438
- Median age
- 34
- Median household income
- $33,393
- Median home value
- $327,200
- Two-bedroom rent
- about $694
- Cost of living
- $99,000
- Religious
- 28%
- Property crime
- ▲ about 20%
- Violent crime
- ▼ about half
History, in brief
- The town is named for the Tillamook people, the Native American tribe that lived there until the early 1800s. about 0:07:31
- Settlers began arriving in the 1850s. about 0:08:09
- Tillamook County was created in 1853. about 0:08:14
- The first settler, Joseph Champion, arrived in 1851 and lived in a hollow spruce tree that he called his castle. about 0:08:26
- In 1852 the first two families arrived to make their homes there. about 0:10:05
- By 1854 the settlement had held an election and had a school. about 0:10:16
- The town was laid out in 1862 and a post office opened a couple of years later. about 0:10:24
- During the Second World War the United States Navy ran a blimp patrol station near the town; it was decommissioned in 1948 and is now the Tillamook Air Museum. about 0:10:37
The reviews read out
5 stars
"Loves the small town feel but says there is enough tourism to create a larger city feeling; many land areas are protected so you can see local wildlife without barriers."about 0:11:15
5 stars
"Calls it an awesome small town with friendly folks, and praises the atmosphere and attention to detail everywhere."about 0:11:39
3 stars
"Says there are more cows than people, with good hiking and outdoor activities but not much of a town; quite small, though the food trucks are good."about 0:11:53
1 star
"Terrible real estate market: looked for over eight months and found nothing for sale; anything that comes up costs at least $500,000 for an everyday home, and realtors price as they like because there is no inventory."about 0:12:16
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Seaside, Oregon37 miles
- Dallas, Oregon45 miles
- Eddyville, Oregon57 miles
- Oak Grove, Oregon58 miles
- Newport, Oregon59 miles
- Gresham, Oregon67 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.